I think this was announced for release in march, but I got a tip that it started shipping just now (anyone correct me if I’m wrong). TC Electronics DSP solution, the new PowerCore X8, is now shipping in ‘Sonnox Edition’, this basically means it includes Sonnox Oxford EQ and Oxford Dynamics in addition to 15 other plug-ins. The suggested retail price is €1599.

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Hot on the heels of the portable Duende Mini unit (launched in Jan 2008 and showing for the first time in Europe), Musikmesse sees the launch of Duende PCIe. Duende puts the legendary SSL sound inside your workstation hardware and makes harnessing the power of the renowned Duende Plug-Ins more integrated than ever. PCIe is a high bandwidth, half length, full height slot-in PCIe card that works in both PCs and Macs. This card is ideal for those who work with lots of external firewire equipment, or those who want to integrate their SSL processing and workstation into a single case unit. Duende PCIe will be demonstrated in Hall 5.1 on Stand# B.75.
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TC Electronics debuts a number of new products at Musikmesse in Frankfurt. Among them is a new delay/reverb hybrid plug-in for Powercore called Tap Factory, a special release of Powercore called Powercore X8 Sonnox Edition (includes the Oxford EQ and Oxford Dynamics) as well as a free editor for G-System.

More details on these and all the other new TC Electronic products can be found here at their website.

Musik Messe 2008 sees the launch of the Focusrite’s fourth Liquid solution, Liquid Mix 16. Combining the same pool of classic EQ and Compressor emulations with a control surface, Liquid Mix 16 brings the sound of the priceless and the historically significant, within reach of even the most modest studio owner.

Focusrite and Liquid Mix 16 can be found on Stand #B61 in Hall 5.1 at the Musik Messe, Frankfurt am Main, running from the 12th – 15th March 2008.
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SSL has already announced the Duende Mini, and most people expect them to announce a PCI version of the Duende platform at Musikmesse. According to this post “SSL are about to launch a cute analogue mixer at a relatively sensible price point” as well. Where this rumor comes from I do not know, and as the pessimistic skeptic I am, I will not trust it until I hear more about it. Still, I would be interested if it turned out to be true…

Solid State Logic

Solid State Logic is proud to announce that the quality, precision and DSP driven power of SSL plug-ins is now available in a cool new compact, portable desktop box… Duende Mini.
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TC Electronic introduces the most powerful PowerCore available to date, PowerCore X8. This latest addition to the PowerCore family features eight DSP engines, which offers twice the processing power of PowerCore FireWire, and allows even more plug-ins to be used simultaneously with native digital audio workstations.
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Solid State Logic has released version 2.0 of their Duende software.
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To call Konnekt Live an intriguing interface for live performers is merely scratching the surface. Whereas most audio interfaces in the live laptop performance scene are designed for recording purposes TC Electronic’s interface raises the bar and offers clear-cut playback advantages to live laptop performers.
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